Bung-tin driver.



No. 822,918. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. E. J. BROOKS.

BUNG TIN DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1905.

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citizen of the United States of America, and The bung-tinl driverconsists of y an outer a resident of East Orange, in the State of rt l,the lower edge d of pa New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulmprovement inBung-Tin Drivers, of which as represented in Fig. 4 anannular plunger the following is a specification. 2 wit n the mainrecess e of said outer part his invention relates to means for fasteniing or driving what are nown as bungtins, which are usually employed tosupplement and secure ordinary wooden bungs after the bung-holes ofwooden barrels, half-barrels, kegs, and the lunger 2 and extendingupwardly within a sleeve portion f of said outer part, forms yaconvenient handle; an spring 4 within said sleeve poraninwardly-projecting Harige g like to prevent the bungs from eing acciatmid-height within the latter; an impactdentally pressed out or loosenedwhich occap 5, attached to the upper end of said stem curs very often inshipping liquors &c., when 3 and orming an annular shoulder 71, around eungs are not thus secured Such bunffthe same against which said spring 4reacts tins are or may also be employed in conand means for uniting saidplunUerZ stem 3,

and cap 5 with each other, said means including a removable transversepin 6, extending through said cap 5 and through the upper end of said.as shown in Fig. 4.

but generally it is best to have a suitable ung within the bung-hole inaddition to the bung-tin.

the spring4 may beremoved upwardly, so as to facilitate renewing saidcap 5 and said spring h are the only parts subjected to wear. e outerpart 1, as above described, may be readily formed complete as a castingof suitable metal and readily finished by milling the same internally. eplunger 2 may also single spring of ample capacity, and to facilitateits adaptation to bung-tins of any desired shape, as round, square, lar,the preferred form being round.

sheet of drawings accompanies this speciication as part thereof.

' igure l is a perspective view of the improved bung-tin driver. Fig. 2is a like view of a bung-tin adapted to be driven by means of the same.Fig. 3 is a face view of the bung-tin driver, showing a bung-tin inplace within it and Fig. 4 is a section on the line A Lik referencecharacters refer to like parts in all the gures.

'The bung-tin A shrunk fast on the lower end of the stem proper, so thatthe latter may conveniently be made of bar iron or steel of one and thesame smaller diameter throughout its length. e recess e at the lower endof the outer plunger 2 correspond in shape,

part 1 and the as viewed in Fig. 3, with the bung-tin A, and preferablyconin the form represented in the face of the pl as a caved, so astovlocate its pressure upon the bung-tin directly above the Harige a andspurs a of the latter, effective concentration (See Fig. 4.)

The capped upper end of the driver may be struck by any convenienthammer or mallet, and the blows serve to compress the spring 4 of thedriver and to force the plunger into its the bung-hole b and bung C bymeans of the bung-tin driver. The tin may be of other shapes, as aboveindicated,

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lowermost position, Which in turn forces the spurs a and flange a of thetin A into the Wood of the barrel B around the bung-hole and effectivelysecures the bung C or its equivalent in place.

The external shape of the outer part 1 may of course vary, as Well asthe shape of its recess e, and other like modifications Will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, Iclaim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification- The combination, in abung-tin driver, of l against Which an outer part having a recess in itslower end adapted to receive a lower edge adapted to rest upon a barrelor the like around its bung-hole, and an upbung-tin Within it, a-

Wardly-projecting sleeve portion containing an inwardly-projecting angeat mid-height, a normally elevated plunger Within said recess beneathWhich the bung-tin is inserted, a central stem, means for rigidlyconnecting i said plunger and stem includinga shoulderforming sleeveWithin said sleeve portion beneath said flange, an upwardly-pressingspring surrounding said stem Within said sleeve portion above saidflange, and an impact-cap attached to the upper end of said stem andforming a shoulder around the same said spring reacts.

EDWARD J. BROOKS,I Witnesses:

W. W. BROOKS, ELINOR BROOKS.

